Former president still defiant

Lusaka - Zambia's defiant former president, Mr Kenneth Kaunda, said yesterday he would not be silenced by a "stupid law" barring…

Lusaka - Zambia's defiant former president, Mr Kenneth Kaunda, said yesterday he would not be silenced by a "stupid law" barring him from politics. He told supporters in a Lusaka court, where he is challenging his house arrest under state-of-emergency laws, that he would continue to defy restrictions imposed by President Frederick Chiluba last week which also bar him from talking to the press.

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